A major polling tracker announced Thursday it would suspend its use of data from a pollster after it discovered evidence that the firm allegedly "falsified data" in a survey of candidates in Florida's gubernatorial Republican primary race.
A woman discovered she had been secretly filmed by a man wearing Meta's AI-powered smart glasses when friends and people she hadn't talked to in years sent her a video posted on social media. "It went viral. Across all platforms, probably over 200,000 views," Toluwa Omitowoju said.
The Democratic National Committee sued the Justice Department on Thursday over its refusal to turn over documents related to any plans to seize ballots, voting machines and other election materials within a month of any federal primary and general election during the midterms.
X's algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study ... read more
They seldom stop crime: Reuters found the Guard mentioned in only a tiny fraction -- 1.3% -- of criminal prosecutions in a year-long deployment. read more
I found this ...
Strait of Hormuz - Live Ship Tracker
hormuz.data-tracking.net
Looks like less than 30 to me. As opposed to the 130 ships per day before Pres Trump's War of Choice.
What does your current alias see?
Donald Trump Once Said He Would Eliminate America's $19 Trillion in Debt. The Total Is Now Approaching $50 Trillion. (July 2026)
finance.yahoo.com
... Trump promised to eliminate $19 trillion in national debt by 2024; instead it has nearly doubled to $39 trillion and is approaching $50 trillion. ...
In April 2016, Donald Trump told The Washington Post he could eliminate the nation's then-more-than-$19 trillion national debt "over a period of eight years."
Most economists called the claim implausible, noting it could require pulling more than $2 trillion a year out of a roughly $4 trillion annual budget.
Trump's argument rested on renegotiated trade deals, particularly with China, generating the growth needed to service the balance. Economists countered that a trade war would instead be crippling to the U.S. economy. ...
Can Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors and even Elon Musk are skeptical (2025)
www.pbs.org
... President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk that he won't bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package.[emphasis mine]
The response so far from financial markets has been skeptical as Trump seems unable to trim deficits as promised. ...
"All of this rhetoric about cutting trillions of dollars of spending has come to nothing " and the tax bill codifies that," said Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank. "There is a level of concern about the competence of Congress and this administration and that makes adding a whole bunch of money to the deficit riskier."
The White House has viciously lashed out at anyone who has voiced concern about the debt snowballing under Trump, even though it did exactly that in his first term after his 2017 tax cuts.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt opened her briefing Thursday by saying she wanted "to debunk some false claims" about his tax cuts. ...
Council chair Stephen Miran told reporters that when the growth being forecast by the White House is coupled with expected revenues from tariffs, the expected budget deficits will fall. The tax cuts will increase the supply of money for investment, the supply of workers and the supply of domestically produced goods -- all of which, by Miran's logic, would cause faster growth without creating new inflationary pressures.
"I do want to assure everyone that the deficit is a very significant concern for this administration," Miran said.
White House budget director Russell Vought told reporters the idea that the bill is "in any way harmful to debt and deficits is fundamentally untrue." ...
Another from the Austin Lounge Lizards ...
Austin Lounge Lizards - Jesus Loves Me (But He Can't Stand You) (1991)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
I know you smoke, I know you drink that brew,
I just can't abide a sinner like you.
God can't either, that's why I know it's true,
That Jesus loves me but he can't stand you.
I'm going straight to heaven, boys, when I die,
'cause I've crossed every T and I've dotted every I
Why, my preacher tells me I'm god's kind of guy,
That's why Jesus loves me, but you're gonna fry.
God loves all his children, by gum,
That doesn't mean he won't incinerate some,
Can't you feel those hot flames licking you?
I'm raising my kids in a righteous way,
So don't be sending your kids to my house to play,
Yours will grow up stoned, left leaning and gay,
I know - Jesus told me on the phone today.
Jesus loves me, this I know
And he told me where you're gonna go,
There's room for your kind down below
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Jesus loves me, he loves me real good.
I know he does.
He called me up on the phone today and told me how much he loves me.
He said, "Son, I love you."
He speaks English pretty well, considering it's a second language for him.
You can talk to him, too, you know.
I've got a 900- number in Tulsa you can call him at, I do it all the time. He'll be glad to hear from you. I talk to him everyday.
Jesus love me, but he can't stand you.
...
Another view ...
As demand for Meta AI glasses explodes, it's harder to avoid creepy recordings
arstechnica.com
... Ars looks at Zuckoff, the latest free app detecting Meta AI glasses amid privacy backlash. ...
A fun tune ...
Austin Lounge Lizards - A Case of Coors Beer (19910
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
Not surprisingly, lyrics do not seem to be available ...
OK, another link with a different take ...
... The Austin Lounge Lizards are a satirical folk/country/bluegrass band based out of Austin, Texas. The band consists of founding members Hank Card, Tom Pittman, and Conrad Deisler, along with Darcie Deaville (2008) and Bruce Jones (2010).
The band is best known for highly literate, sharply pointed lyrics that poke fun at politics, love, religion and the culture in general. ...
Yeah, that's a pretty good assessment ...
@#5 ... So curious, the FCC abolishes the [gigabit] speed requirement just as Starlink is making a push into US residential areas with up to ~375mbps max speed.
OK, probably not so curious....
More likely, Pres Trump's decision on this is related to ...
Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics
www.wired.com
... Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk is expected to spend up to $200 million in the midterms. It could be a big boost for GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who's struggled to raise cash. ...
Black Flag - Slip It In (1987)
www.youtube.com
(there's some censoring [possibly an understatement] of the lyrics in the link, but what might be expected of an "official release?")
The album I have does not have that censoring.